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Baader-Byzantine Literature

Franz Xaver von Baader
Baal, Baalim
Baalbek
Babel
Ludwig Babenstuber
Jacques Babinet
St. Babylas
Babylon
Babylonia
Synod of Baccanceld
Bacchylus
Alexis John Augustine Bachelot
Bachiarius
Paul Bachmann
Augustin de Backer
Peter Hubert Evermode Backx
David William Bacon
John Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Baconian System of Philosophy
Diocese of Badajoz
Grand Duchy of Baden
Tommaso Badia
Stephen Theodore Badin
Raphael Badius
John Jacob Baegert
François Baert
Suitbert Bæumer
Vicariate Apostolic of Bagamoyo
Bagdad
Bageis
Cavaliere Giovanni Baglioni
Diocese of Bagnorea
Jean Bagot
Christopher Bagshaw
Bahama Islands
Thomas Bailey
Charles-François Baillargeon
Adrien Baillet
Pierre Bailloquet
Thomas Baily
Christopher Bainbridge
Peter Augustine Baines
Ralph Baines
Abbate Giuseppe Baini
St. Baithen
Michel Baius
Ven. Charles Baker
David Augustine Baker
Francis Asbury Baker
Diocese of Baker City
Thomas Bakócz
Balaam
Balanaea
St. Balbina
Boleslaus Balbinus
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Bernardo de Balbuena
Hieronymus Balbus
Baldachinum of the Altar
Jacob Balde
Balderic (Baudry)
Balderic
Bernardino Baldi
Bl. Anthony Baldinucci
Alesso Baldovinetti
St. Baldred
Hans Baldung
Baldwin
Francis Baldwin
Baldwin of Canterbury
Balearic Isles
Ven. Christopher Bales
Mother Frances Mary Teresa Ball
Diocese of Ballarat
Antonio Ballerini
Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini
Henry Balme
Jaime Luciano Balmes
Balsam
Theodore Balsamon
Baltasar
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Plenary Councils of Baltimore
Provincial Councils of Baltimore
Jean François Baltus
Jean Balue
Etienne Baluze
Ven. Edward Bamber
Archdiocese of Bamberg
Banaias
Louis Bancel
Matteo Bandello
Anselmo Banduri
Domingo Bañez
Antiphonary of Bangor
Diocese of Bangor
Bangor Abbey
John and Michael Banim
Diocese of Banjaluka
Civil Aspect of Bankruptcy
Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy
Banns of Marriage
John Bapst
Baptism
Baptismal Font
Baptismal Vows
Bl. Baptista Mantuanus
Bl. Baptista Varani
Baptistery
Baptistines
Baptists
Barac
Jacob Baradæus
Frederic Baraga
Ven. Madeleine-Sophie Barat
Nicolas Barat
Alvaro Alonzo Barba
Barbalissos
St. Barbara
Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo
Diocese of Barbastro
Felix-Joseph Barbelin
Barber Family
Giovanni Barbieri
Agostino Barbosa
Ignacio Barbosa-Machado
John Barbour
Paulus Barbus
Barca
Diocese of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
Alonzo de Barcena
John Barclay
William Barclay
Martin del Barco Centenera
Martin de Barcos
Henry Bard
Bardesanes and Bardesanites
Bar Hebræus
Archdiocese of Bari
Barjesus
Moses Bar-Kepha
Ven. Mark Barkworth
Barlaam and Josaphat
Gabriel Barletta
Abbey of Barlings
Ven. Edward Ambrose Barlow
William Rudesind Barlow
Epistle of Barnabas
St. Barnabas
Barnabas of Terni
Barnabites
Federigo Baroccio
Barocco Style
Bonaventura Baron
Vincent Baron
Ven. Cesare Baronius
Diocese of Barquisimeto
Sebastião Barradas
Louis-Mathias, Count de Barral
Joachim Barrande
Jacinto Barrasa
Antoine-Lefebvre, Sieur de la Barre
Balthasar Barreira
Lopez de Barrientos
Edward Barron
João de Barros
John Barrow
Ven. William Barrow
Augustin Barruel
John Barry (1)
John Barry (2)
Patrick Barry
Paul de Barry
Johann Caspar Barthel
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
Francesco della Rossa Bartholi
Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Bartholomew
St. Bartholomew
Ven. Bartholomew of Braga
Bartholomew of Braganca
Bartholomew of Brescia
Bartholomew of Edessa
Bartholomew of Lucca
Bartholomew of Pisa
Bartholomew of San Concordio
Bartholomites
Daniello Bartoli
Giulio Bartolocci
Fra Bartolommeo
Francesco Bartolozzi
Elizabeth Barton
Baruch
Vincent Barzynski
Liturgy of Saint Basil
Rule of Saint Basil
Basilians
Basilica
Basilica (stoa basilike)
Basilides (1)
Basilides (2)
Basilinopolis
Basilissa
Basil of Amasea
Basil of Seleucia
St. Basil the Great
Ecclesiastical Use of Basin
Council of Basle
Diocese of Basle-Lugano
Bas-relief
Bassein
Joshua Bassett
Matthew of Bassi
Bassianus
Claude-Frédéric Bastiat
Guillaume-André-Réné Baston
Prefecture Apostolic of Basutoland
Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia
Bath Abbey
Bath and Wells
William Bathe
St. Bathilde
Diocese of Bathurst
Marco Battaglini
Charles Batteux
Giovanni Giuda Giona Battista
Battle Abbey
Wilhelm Bauberger
Nicolas Baudeau
Michel Baudouin
Alexander Baumgartner
Gallus Jacob Baumgartner
Louis Baunard
Etienne Bauny
Louis-François de Bausset
Louis-Eugène-Marie Bautain
Fray Juan Bautista
Kingdom of Bavaria
William Bawden
Adèle Bayer
Francisco Bayeu y Subias
Diocese of Bayeux
James Roosevelt Bayley
Joseph Bayma
Diocese of Bayonne
Guido de Baysio
John Stephen Bazin
Use of Beads at Prayers
Beard
Aubrey Beardsley
Beatific Vision
Beatification and Canonization
Mount of Beatitudes
Eight Beatitudes
David Beaton
James Beaton (1)
James Beaton (2)
Beatrix
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Beaulieu Abbey
Renaud de Beaune
Jean-Nicolas Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Diocese of Beauvais
Gilles-François-de Beauvais
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais
Roch-Amboise-Auguste Bébian
Abbey of Bec
Martin Becan
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
John Beccus
Bl. John Beche
Georg Philipp Ludolf von Beckedorff
Thomas Andrew Becker
Pierre-Jean Beckx
Antoine-César Becquerel
Pierre Bédard
Bede
Ven. Bede
Gunning S. Bedford
Henry Bedford
Frances Bedingfeld
Sir Henry Bedingfeld
Cajetan Bedini
Bedlam
Ian Theodor Beelen
Beelphegor
Beelzebub
Ven. George Beesley
Francesco Antonio Begnudelli-Basso
Beguines and Beghards
Albert von Behaim
Martin Behaim
Beirut
Diocese of Beja
John Belasyse
Ven. Thomas Belchiam
Archdiocese of Belem do Pará
Belfry
Belgium
Belgrade and Smederevo
Giacopo Belgrado
Belial
Belief
Albert (Jean) Belin
Ven. Arthur Bell
James Bell
Jerome Bellamy
John Bellarini
Ven. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine
Edward Bellasis
Aloysius Bellecius
John Bellenden
Diocese of Belleville
Diocese of Belley
Sir Richard Bellings
Bellini
Jean-Baptiste de Belloy
Bells
Diocese of Belluno-Feltre
François Vachon de Belmont
Ven. Thomas Belson
Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron
Giambattista Belzoni
Pietro Bembo
Prefecture Apostolic of Benadir
Laurent Bénard
Fray Alonzo Benavides
Benda
Popes Benedict I-X
Pope Benedict I
Pope St. Benedict II
Pope Benedict III
Pope Benedict IV
Pope Benedict V
Pope Benedict VI
Pope Benedict VII
Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Benedict IX
Pope Benedict X
Pope Benedict XI
Pope Benedict XII
Pope Benedict XIII
Pope Benedict XIV
Rule of Saint Benedict
Abbey of Benedictbeurn
St. Benedict Biscop
Jean Benedicti
St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Benedictine Order
Benedictional
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Benedict Levita
St. Benedict of Aniane
St. Benedict of Nursia
Benedict of Peterborough
St. Benedict of San Philadelphio
Benedictus (Canticle of Zachary)
Benedictus Polonus
Benefice
Benefit of Clergy
Jeremiah Benettis
Archdiocese of Benevento (Beneventana)
Jöns Oxenstjerna Bengtsson
Anatole de Bengy
St. Benignus
St. Benignus of Dijon
Vicariate Apostolic of Benin
Benjamin
Franz Georg Benkert
St. Benno
Benno II
Michel Benoît
Benthamism
Family of Bentivoglio
John Francis Bentley
William Bentney
Joseph Charles Benziger
Girolamo Benzoni
St. Berach
St. Berard of Carbio
Carlo Sebastiano Berardi
Antoine Henri de Bérault-Bercastel
St. Bercharius
Pierre Bercheure
Bl. Berchtold
Berengarius of Tours
Pierre Bérenger
Berenice
Diocese of Bergamo
Ancient See of Bergen
Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier
Charles Berington
Joseph Berington
Humphrey Berisford
Berissa
José Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza
Anton Berlage
Pierre Berland
Fray Tomás de Berlanga
Berlin
Hector Berlioz
Agostino Bernal
St. Bernard
Alexis-Xyste Bernard
Claude Bernard (1)
Claude Bernard (2)
Bernard Guidonis
Bernard of Besse
Bernard of Bologna
Bernard of Botone
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Cluny
Bernard of Compostella
Bernard of Luxemburg
St. Bernard of Menthon
Bernard of Pavia
St. Bernard Tolomeo
Bl. Bernardine of Feltre
Bl. Bernardine of Fossa
St. Bernardine of Siena
Bernardines
Berne
Francesco Berni
Etienne-Alexandre Bernier
Domenico Bernini
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Giuseppe Maria Bernini
François-Joachim-Pierre de Bernis
Berno (Abbot of Reichenau)
Berno
Bernold of Constance
St. Bernward
Beroea
Berosus
Beroth
Pietro Berrettini
Alonso Berruguete
Isaac-Joseph Berruyer
Pierre-Antoine Berryer
Bersabee
Bertha
Berthold
Berthold of Chiemsee
Berthold of Henneberg
Berthold of Ratisbon
Berthold of Reichenau
Giovanni Lorenzo Berti
St. Bertin
Diocese of Bertinoro
Ludovico Bertonio
Pierre Bertrand
St. Bertulf
Pierre de Bérulle
Martin de Bervanger
Archdiocese of Besançon (Vesontio)
Jerome Lamy Besange
Theodore Beschefer
Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi
Beseleel
Jérôme Besoigne
Christopher Besoldus
Johannes Bessarion
Johann Franz Bessel
Henry Digby Beste
Bestiaries
Fray Domingo Betanzos
Fray Pedro de Betanzos
Juan de Betanzos
Bethany
Bethany Beyond the Jordan
Betharan
Bethdagon
Bethel
Bethlehem (1)
Bethlehem (2)
Bethlehem (as used in architecture)
Bethlehemites
Bethsaida
Bethsan
Bethulia
Betrothal
Prefecture Apostolic of Bettiah
Betting
Count Auguste-Arthur Beugnot
St. Beuno
Beverley Minster
Lawrence Beyerlinck
Giovanni Antonio Bianchi
Francesco Bianchini
Giuseppe Bianchini
Charles Bianconi
Pierre Biard
Bibbiena
St. Bibiana
The Bible
Bible Societies
Picture Bibles
Biblia Pauperum
Biblical Antiquities
Biblical Commission
Gustav Bickell
Ven. Robert Bickerdike
Alexander Bicknor
James Bidermann
Gabriel Biel
Diocese of Biella
Marcin Bielski
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
Bigamy (in Canon Law)
Bigamy (in Civil Jurisprudence)
Marguerin de la Bigne
Eberhard Billick
Charles-René Billuart
Jacques de Billy
Bilocation
Bination
Joseph Biner
Etienne Binet
Jacques-Philippe-Marie Binet
Severin Binius
Anton Joseph Binterim
Biogenesis and Abiogenesis
Biology
Flavio Biondo
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Birds (In Symbolism)
Biretta
St. Birinus (Berin)
Fabian Birkowski
Diocese of Birmingham
Heinrich Birnbaum
Defect of Birth
Birtha
Diocese of Bisarchio
Bishop
William Bishop
Diocese of Bismarck
Bisomus
Robert Blackburne
Black Fast
Blackfoot Indians
Adam Blackwood
St. Blaise
Anthony Blanc
Jean-Baptiste Blanchard
François Norbert Blanchet
St. Blandina
St. Blane
Blasphemy
Matthew Blastares
St. Blathmac
Nicephorus Blemmida
Blenkinsop
The Blessed
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Blessing
Apostolic Blessing
Diocese of Blois
Peter Blomevenna
Blood Indians
François-Louis Blosius
Heinrich Blyssen
Francis Blyth
Nicolas Bobadilla
Abbey and Diocese of Bobbio
Boccaccino
Giovanni Boccaccio
Placidus Böcken
Edward Bocking
Ven. John Bodey
Jean Bodin
Bodone
Hector Boece
Petrus Boeri
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Bogomili
Archdiocese of Santa Fé de Bogotá
Bohemia
Bohemian Brethren
Bohemians of the United States
Diocese of Boiano
Matteo Maria Boiardo
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Diocese of Boise
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin
St. Boisil
Diocese of Bois-le-Duc
Osbern Bokenham
Conrad von Bolanden
Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni
Bolivia
Bollandists
Johann Bollig
Archdiocese of Bologna
Giovanni da Bologna
University of Bologna
Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
Edmund Bolton
Bernhard Bolzano
Archdiocese of Bombay
Cornelius Richard Anton van Bommel
Giovanni Bona
Bonagratia of Bergamo
François de Bonal
Raymond Bonal
Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald
Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald
Bona Mors Confraternity
Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent Bonaparte
St. Bonaventure
Balthasar Boncompagni
Juan Pablo Bonet
Nicholas Bonet
Jacques Bonfrère
St. Boniface
Pope St. Boniface I
Pope Boniface II
Popes Boniface III-VII
Pope Boniface VIII
Pope Boniface IX
Boniface Association
Boniface of Savoy
Boni Homines
Bonizo of Sutri
University of Bonn
Ven. Jean Louis Bonnard
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose
Abbey of Bonne-Espérance
Edmund Bonner
Augustin Bonnetty
Bonosus
Institute of Bon Secours (de Paris)
Alessandro Bonvicino
Book of Common Prayer
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Archdiocese of Bordeaux (Burdigala)
University of Bordeaux
Cavaliere Paris Bordone
Eugène Boré
Caspar Henry Borgess
Stefano Borgia
Ancient See of Börglum
Ambrogio Borgognone
Diocese of Borgo San-Donnino
Diocese of Borgo San-Sepolcro
Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borie
Prefectures Apostolic of Borneo
Francisco Nicolás Borras
Andrea Borromeo
Federico Borromeo
Society of St. Charles Borromeo
Francesco Borromini
Christopher Borrus
Diocese of Bosa
Peter van der Bosch
Ven. Giovanni Melchior Bosco
Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich
Antonio Bosio
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boso
Boso (Breakspear)
Jacques Le Bossu
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Ven. John Boste
Archdiocese of Boston
Bostra
Bothrys
Sandro Botticelli
St. Botulph
Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci
Pierre Boucher
Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud
Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant
Dominique Bouhours
Jacques Bouillart
Emmanuel Théodore de la Tour d'Auvergne, Cardinal de Bouillon
Marie Dominique Bouix
Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers
André de Boulanger
César-Egasse du Boulay
Etienne-Antoine Boulogne
Martin Bouquet
Thomas Bouquillon
Jean-Jacques Bourassé
Thomas Bourchier
Louis Bourdaloue
Hélie de Bourdeilles
Jean Bourdon
François Bourgade
Archdiocese of Bourges (Bituricæ)
Ignace Bourget
François Bourgoing
Ulick Joseph Bourke
Gilbert Bourne
Charles de Bouvens
Joachim Bouvet
Jean-Baptiste Bouvier
Diocese of Bova
Diocese of Bovino
Sir George Bowyer
Boy-Bishop
John Boyce
Boycotting
Boyle Abbey
Thomas Bracken
Henry de Bracton
Denis Mary Bradley
Edward Bradshaigh
Henry Bradshaw
William Maziere Brady
Archdiocese of Braga
Diocese of Bragança-Miranda
Brahminism
Louis Braille
Nicolas de Bralion
Donato Bramante
Brancaccio
Francesco Brancati
Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria
Branch Sunday
Brandenburg
Edouard Branly
Sebastian Brant
Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme
Memorial Brasses
Charles Etienne, Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg
Johann Alexander Brassicanus
St. Braulio
Placidus Braun
Francisco Bravo
Brazil
Liturgical Use of Bread
Striking of the Breast
Jean de Brébeuf
Diocese of Breda
Jean Bréhal
Brehon Laws
Bremen
St. Brenach
Michael John Brenan
St. Brendan
Klemens Maria Brentano
Diocese of Brescia
Prince-Bishopric of Breslau
Francesco Giuseppe Bressani
Brethren of the Lord
Raymond Breton
Breviary
Reform of the Roman Breviary
Aberdeen Breviary
Heinrich Brewer
Joseph Olivier Briand
Bribery
Briçonnet
Jacques Bridaine
The Bridge-Building Brotherhood
St. Bridget of Sweden
Thomas Edward Bridgett
John Bridgewater
Bridgewater Treatises
St. Brieuc
St. Brigid of Ireland
Institute of the Brigidines
Brigittines
John Brignon
Paulus Bril
Peter Michael Brillmacher
Ven. Edmund Brindholm
Diocese of Brindisi
Stephen Brinkley
Jacques-Charles de Brisacier
Jean de Brisacier
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Johann Nepomucene Brischar
Ancient Diocese of Bristol
Richard Bristow
British Columbia
Francis Britius
Thomas Lewis Brittain
Ven. John Britton
Diocese of Brixen
St. Brogan
Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie
Jacques-Victor-Albert, Duc de Broglie
Maurice-Jean de Broglie
Jean-Allarmet de Brogny
John Bromyard
John Baptist Brondel
Anthony Brookby
James Brookes
Diocese of Brooklyn
Jean-Baptiste de la Brosse
Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
Richard Broughton
Christoph Brouwer
William Brown
Charles Farrar Browne
Orestes Augustus Brownson
Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville
Heinrich Brück
Joachim Bruel
David-Augustin de Brueys
Louis-Frédéric Brugère
Bruges
Pierre Brugière
John Brugman
Constantino Brumidi
Pierre Brumoy
Filippo Brunellesco
Ferdinand Brunetière
Ugolino Brunforte
Leonardo Bruni
Diocese of Brünn
Francis de Sales Brunner
Sebastian Brunner
St. Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne
St. Bruno (1)
St. Bruno (2)
Giordano Bruno
St. Bruno of Querfurt
Bruno the Saxon
Brunswick (Braunschweig)
Anton Brus
Brusa
Brussels
Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur
Jacques Bruyas
John Delavau Bryant
Bubastis
Gabriel Bucelin
Martin Bucer
Victor de Buck
Buckfast Abbey
Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley
Buddhism
Guillaume Budé
Diocese of Budweis
Buenos Aires
Diocese of Buffalo
Claude Buffier
Louis Buglio
Bernardo Buil
Ecclesiastical Buildings
Archdiocese of Bukarest
Bulgaria
Bulla Aurea
Ven. Thomas Bullaker
Bullarium
Spanish Bull-Fight
Angélique Bullion
Bulls and Briefs
Sir Richard Bulstrode
Joannes Bunderius
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Burchard of Basle
Burchard of Worms
St. Burchard of Würzburg
Hans Burckmair
Edward Ambrose Burgis
Francisco Burgoa
Archdiocese of Burgos
Burgundy
Christian Burial
Jean Buridan
Jean Lévesque de Burigny
Franz Burkard
Edmund Burke
Thomas Burke
Thomas Nicholas Burke
Walter Burleigh
Diocese of Burlington
Burma
Peter Hardeman Burnett
James Burns
Burse
Abbey of Bursfeld
Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's
Ven. César de Bus
Pierre Busée
Hermann Busembaum
Busiris
Buskins
Franz Joseph, Ritter von Buss
Carlos María Bustamante
Thomas Stephen Buston
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess of Bute
Jacques Buteux
Alban Butler
Charles Butler
Mary Joseph Butler
General Sir William Francis Butler
Buttress
Ven. Christopher Buxton
Byblos
Bye-Altar
Byllis
William Byrd
Andrew Byrne
Richard Byrne
William Byrne
Byzantine Architecture
Byzantine Art
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Literature









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